> But I don't seem to see many bullets comin' through
> See many bullets comin' through
> Metaphorically, I'm the man
> But literally, I don't know what I'd do
So I suspect you're right. But I also suspect many people who see themselves as the "save the country" group would really be in the "save themselves" group, if push came to shove.
Read Smith's Theory Of Moral Sentiment. Especially his comparison between reading about a faraway disaster and a more personal loss. It's been awhile but I think Smith would say there's a difference between how people would think about that choice and what they would do.
As Twenty One Pilots said:
> I'd die for you, that's easy to say
> We have a list of people that we would take
> A bullet for them, a bullet for you
> A bullet for everybody in this room
> But I don't seem to see many bullets comin' through
> See many bullets comin' through
> Metaphorically, I'm the man
> But literally, I don't know what I'd do
So I suspect you're right. But I also suspect many people who see themselves as the "save the country" group would really be in the "save themselves" group, if push came to shove.
Read Smith's Theory Of Moral Sentiment. Especially his comparison between reading about a faraway disaster and a more personal loss. It's been awhile but I think Smith would say there's a difference between how people would think about that choice and what they would do.
sure this is why fascists often build systems that separate the act from the outcome
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